Surname Lipovšćak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lipovšćak families are Croats (from Duga Resa ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa and Karlovac. In Gršćaki in Duga Resa every fifth inhabitant had the family name Lipovšćak.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Lipovšćak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Karlovac (15), Duga Resa (10), Rijeka (10), and in Grscaki (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Lipovšćak is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Lipovscak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Lipovšćak, Đurđica Lipovšćak, Davorka Lipovšćak, Bojan Lipovšćak, Mirjana Lipovšćak, Zdravko Lipovšćak, Ratimir Lipovšćak, Ranko Lipovšćak, Željko Lipovšćak, Danijela Lipovšćak, Vesna Lipovšćak, Jurica Lipovšćak, Nera Lipovšćak, Radovan Lipovšćak, Ivo Lipovšćak, Ivan Lipovšćak, Ivanka Lipovšćak, Nedeljka Lipovšćak, Mislav Lipovšćak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories